My name is Ivonne Figueroa and I am the founder, editor, and principal
writer of this site. In January 1995 my husband and I established
EL BORICUA as a monthly cultural and bilingual publication. Our
website began as a single page site shortly thereafter.

I was born in San Juan on November 1, 1951 and was
raised between Río Piedras and Cayey. My mother is Dolores
Morales Robert de Flores, originally from Orocovis, now a retired
educator living in the Dallas area. My father, Fernando Flores Colón,
was a San Juan police detective, originally from Coamo (Coamo Arriba).
When I was thirteen my family moved to the states. I studied business
management and history at the University of Texas and Howard Payne
University.

My husband, Javier Figueroa, was born in Chihuahua,
México. We met as teenagers and married later. Javier is
a retired high school teacher. We are the parents of four children
and as of this writing - six grandchildren.